and michael grim of new york, he is coming into "the situation room," right now. welcome. >>> victims of super storm sandy are stunned and furious over the failure of this congress to authorize a $60 billion aid package, and officials from the affected states now joined in the outrage, and that includes republicans like the new jersey governor, chris christi, that slammed the house speaker, john boehner, earlier in the day, and boehner now has hustled to make amends. congressman michael grimm is joining us now, and his district is the hard-hit areas of statsen island and brooklyn. >> thank you. >> you went to a meeting with the speaker and majority leader and they reassured you the money is on the way, is that what they told you? >> i stayed after the meeting broke up, when everybody went to the press conference because i wanted to shake hands with the speaker and the leader to get a personal -- it's one thing as a conference, as the official speaker and leader, but personally i wanted their word that the people of staten island -- >> you looked them in the eye an